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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils .^[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks ( ichnites ), burrows , cast-off parts, fossilised feces ( coprolites ), palynomorphs and chemical residues . Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science . This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1962.

Paleozoology

Conodont paleozoology

German paleontologist Klaus J. Müller (1923–2010) described the conodont order Paraconodontida.^[2]

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Histiodella ^[3]	Valid taxon	RW Harris	Middle Ordovician	Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma, USA	Canada ( Northwest Territories) China Russia

Vertebrates

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[4]

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Heterodontosaurus ^[5]	Valid taxon	Alfred W. Crompton	Alan Charig	Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)	Upper Elliot Formation	South Africa	A heterodontosaurid.	Heterodontosaurus

Birds

Newly named birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Anas ogallalae ^[6]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Pliocene	Ogallala Formation	USA ( California)	An Anatidae, first described as Nettion ogallalae Brodkorb, 1962.
Corvus betfianus ^[7]	Sp. nov.	valid	Kretzoi	Early Pleistocene	Betfia 5	Romania	A Corvidae.
Diomedea californica ^[8]	Sp. nov.	valid	Miller	Muddle Miocene	Temblor Formation	USA ( California)	A Diomedeidae, perhaps better placed in Phoebastria Reichenbach, 1853.
Passer predomesticus ^[9]	Sp. nov.	valid	Tchernov	Muddle Pleistocene	Acheulian	Israel	A Passeridae.
Pelargosteon tothi ^[7]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	valid	Kretzoi	Early Pleistocene	Betfia 5	Romania	An Aves ''Incertae Sedis'', described in the Ciconiidae.
Perdix jurcsaki ^[7]	Sp. nov.	valid	Kretzoi	Early Pleistocene	Betfia 5	Romania	A Phasiandae.
Tetrao partium ^[7]	Sp. nov.	valid	Kretzoi	Early Pleistocene	Betfia 5	Romania	A Phasiandae, a synonym is Lyrurus partium Kretzoi, 1962.
Turdicus tenuis ^[7]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	valid	Kretzoi	Early Pleistocene	Betfia 5	Romania	A Turdidae.

References

↑ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
↑ Supplement to systematics of conodonts. KJ Müller and RC Moore, in Treatise on invertebrate paleontology, Part W: Miscellanea : Conodonts Conoidal Shells of Uncertain Affinities, Worms, Trace Fossils, and Problema, 1962 - Geological Society of America
↑ New conodonts from Joins (Ordovician) Formation of Oklahoma. RW Harris, Oklahoma Geology Notes, 1962
↑ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
↑ Crompton, A.W.; Charig, A. (1962). "A new ornithischian from the Upper Iriassic of South Africa". Nature. 196 (4859): 1074–1077. Bibcode:1962Natur.196.1074C. doi:10.1038/1961074a0. S2CID 4198113.
↑ Brodkorb, Pierce (1962). "A Teal from the Lower Pliocene of Kansas". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 25 (2): 157–160.
1 2 3 4 5 Kretzoi, Miklós (1962). "Vogelreste aus der Altpleistozänen Fauna von Betfia". Aquila. 67–68: 167–174.
↑ Miller, Loye Holmes (1962). "A New Albatross from the Miocene of California". Condor. 64 (6): 471–472. doi: 10.2307/1365470 . JSTOR 1365470.
↑ Tchernov, Eitan (1962). "Paleolithic Avifauna in Palestine". Bull. Research Counc. Israel 11 Section B Zoology. 11 (3): 95–131.

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[1] Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.

[2] Supplement to systematics of conodonts. KJ Müller and RC Moore, in Treatise on invertebrate paleontology, Part W: Miscellanea : Conodonts Conoidal Shells of Uncertain Affinities, Worms, Trace Fossils, and Problema, 1962 - Geological Society of America

[3] New conodonts from Joins (Ordovician) Formation of Oklahoma. RW Harris, Oklahoma Geology Notes, 1962

[ddinogeorge-4] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[5] Crompton, A.W.; Charig, A. (1962). "A new ornithischian from the Upper Iriassic of South Africa". Nature. 196 (4859): 1074–1077. Bibcode:1962Natur.196.1074C. doi:10.1038/1961074a0. S2CID 4198113.

[Brodkorb1962-6] Brodkorb, Pierce (1962). "A Teal from the Lower Pliocene of Kansas". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 25 (2): 157–160.

[Kretzoi1962-7] 1 2 3 4 5 Kretzoi, Miklós (1962). "Vogelreste aus der Altpleistozänen Fauna von Betfia". Aquila. 67–68: 167–174.

[Miller1962-8] Miller, Loye Holmes (1962). "A New Albatross from the Miocene of California". Condor. 64 (6): 471–472. doi: 10.2307/1365470 . JSTOR 1365470.

[Tchernov1962-9] Tchernov, Eitan (1962). "Paleolithic Avifauna in Palestine". Bull. Research Counc. Israel 11 Section B Zoology. 11 (3): 95–131.

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